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In my opinion he was a good guy. Paterno obviously did not know that abuse of any child was going on, anyone who thinks so is ignorant. Did he HEAR of the allegations? yes but I am sure he was lead to believe they were false allegations meant to defame a "friend" and the school. Paterno is not the police, he went to his superiors who most likely later told him that they were false allegations.
I do not usually use God or religion to make a point, like a crazy person but......When all is said and done, and most of the people involved in Joe Peterno's downfall are in front of God, they will be told that they destroyed the reputation of a innocent man. When he was fired, his life was basically over. Football WAS his life, when they took that away, it made his death from cancer come quick.

"There is a reason God allows these things to happen. But it's His plan not ours. His plan was to raise Joe high above all college coaches, with winning, academia, graduating players, donating money, teaching character, integrity, honesty, and on and on, to put penn state on the map. This despicable, heinous crime would never have gotten the attention from the media/public if Joe wasn't 'Joepa'. The truth is, child molestation is going on EVERYWHERE. This attention to Psu about the monster Jerry is because of Joe... People are now more aware more than ever. People are now able to talk about it, talk to their kids, talk to each other, look for signs, teach their kids about improper behavior with adults and to speak out. The awareness never would have happened if Joe wasn't JoePa. So even in his death he is making an impact. I can live with that."

Looks like he's going to be in for a shock, because the NCAA DOES have the authority to do whatever the **** it wants because this DOES break NCAA rules. Worst case of LOIC we've seen since SMU, and breaks every NCAA bylaw regarding ethics.